---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the Department of Corrections to demolish the Pierre Minimum Center, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the Department of Corrections to demolish the Pierre Minimum Center, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1046"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1046 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Correctional Facilities and Parole", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Public Construction", "Uncodified Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bb600e5-86b5-4cd3-8896-b4ca3928383e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26858"
source_hash: "84f99e4b44c43ac03dbf46332581eb5c537bbcf901c47dcafba1c2bfd5c713b8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota HB 1046 (2026) — authorize the Department of Corrections to demolish the Pierre Minimum Center, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26858/293301)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26858/305254)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **17–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **57–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-13** First Reading House H.J. 15
- **2026-01-15** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations H.J. 37 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-02-09** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 277
- **2026-02-18** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 353
- **2026-02-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 10 H.J. 408 `passage`
- **2026-02-24** First Reading Senate S.J. 374
- **2026-02-25** Committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 399
- **2026-02-26** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 2 S.J. 415 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 477 `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the President S.J. 448 `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-04 H.J. 497 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-09 H.J. 534 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bb600e5-86b5-4cd3-8896-b4ca3928383e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).